MTS Auto

History

2024: Addition of MTS iCar R&D Division

MTS PJSC creates its own design bureau of MTS AiKar LLC, which will develop and implement high-tech solutions and electronics for the automotive industry in the structure of the enterprise for the production of auto components in Alabushevo. MTS iCar LLC is integrated into the vertical of the Group - MTS Auto. The company announced this on January 26, 2024. Read more here.

2023

MTS wrote off 282 million rubles due to failed investments in automotive electronics

MTS wrote off 282 million rubles due to failed investments in automotive electronics. The problem lies in the depreciation of the assets of the MTS Auto division, according to the company's materials published in 2023.

As CNews writes with reference to the MTS report, the telecom operator made major write-offs due to a decrease in the volume of the Russian automobile market, which, in turn, led to a drop in demand for multimedia systems for vehicles. Analysts expect that the car market in the Russian Federation will recover only by 2027. According to the baseline scenario, by this time the market will be 1.49 million units, according to the optimistic scenario - 1.55 million units.

MTS made major write-offs due to a reduction in the volume of the Russian automotive market, which, in turn, led to a drop in demand for multimedia systems

According to Kommersant, by the end of 2023, MTS plans to launch the production of multimedia systems with a touchscreen display and navigation for cars in Tver. Which operating system the device will work on is not specified. It is possible that it will be based on Linux with limited functionality, or if the company receives Google certification, then on combined with Android.

In 2023, the new product from MTS has already begun to be tested on Sollers the "" and Evolute machines, and if the first company is only "considering the introduction of solutions," then in the second they are already installing complexes on serial electric sedans. i-Pro However, the source of the publication in the IT market says that the first tests of the devices were unsuccessful.

The system does not immediately connect to a smartphone, and the desktop interface constantly freezes, he said.

According to the interlocutor of Kommersant, the most successful solution in terms of navigation on the market is still Yandex's offer, it is difficult for Navitel to compete with it in terms of service quality and cartographic completeness.^[1]

Purchase of 100% of LLC "Di Wai Technologies"

MTS On March 23, 2023, the company announced a TAdviser deal to acquire a company DY Technologies (Di Vai Technologies LLC), which is engaged in a construction plant for industrial production automotive electronics a special economic zone (Technopolice "Moscow" Alabushevo site). According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, as a result of the transaction, a subsidiary of MTS - MTS Auto LLC became the owner of 100% of Di Vai Technologies LLC. More. here

Organization of production of automotive multimedia systems in Tver

MTS is engaged in organizing the production of automotive multimedia systems in Tver. This became known on February 2, 2023.

On this day, the Kommersant newspaper wrote that MTS infotainment systems are already being tested by Sollers and Motorinvest (the brand in the electric vehicle market is Evolute). At the same time, Motorinvest clarified to the publication that the MTS solution is already serially installed on Evolute i-Pro electric cars. Sollers reported that the company "is considering the introduction of MTS Auto solutions into its cars."

MTS organizes production of multimedia systems for cars in Tver

According to SPARK-Interfax the "" system, the MTS Auto company was registered by MTS back in 2015. Its general director is Denis Smirnov, who also heads Coagent Rus LLC (since 2020 he has been a member of MTS Auto, is engaged in the wholesale of auto parts), and also has 51% in DiVai Technology LLC (produces electronic equipment for vehicles). According to the register of declarations of compliance, EEU Coagent Rus in August 2022 issued documents for the import of 120 "automotive multifunctional magnets" from. China

According to Kommersant, MTS plans to produce more than 10 thousand automotive multimedia systems per year, supplying them to domestic and Chinese plants. It is noted that multimedia systems are usually supplied with the car as an option - they can run on Linux, a modified version of Android or on a special operating system. The MTS system can work either on Linux OS, which will limit its functionality, or on Linux combined with Android, if it receives Google certification, the publication says.

According to him, the system from MTS received a touch screen on which you can customize music, as well as navigation, an air conditioning control mechanism, etc. In addition, smartphones on Android or iPhone should be connected to the system.^[2]

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